Abdominal support



Dec. 19, 1933.

G. GUENTHER 1,939,811

ABDOMINAL SUPPORT Filed July 7, 193,2

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PAT-ENlOFFICIIT `inixunvrnxmL SUPPORTv i i Gertrude Guenther, ifiiileeelphia; rag i l 1 Y Y "Application Julygaiesz. semi No. 621.167'l l Uroiein, (01. zeg-41) My, invention relates to new and useful improvements in abdominal supports, andi has' for its object to design and form an' abdominal support for hospital and likeuseso as to provide for Y I the ready application of the vsupport withoutmoving the patient from the 4bed and which whe'napplied to the patient may be drawn as tightly around the portion of the body to be supportedV as is'desired by simply drawing upon slip '10 buckles provided for that purpose.

A further object of the invention isV to form the primary supporting member of an independ-V ent section of fabric which is connected tothe body portion of the device by equalizing straps, which in turn are connected in pairs to the adjusting straps.

A `still further object of the invention is to" provide a special form of stay for the front edge of the body portion of the device, which stay in- 20 cludes a series of hooks with which the elongated eyes through which the equalizing straps are threaded and intended'to slide.

A still further object of my invention is a'. secondary support or elastic band immediately 25' below the primary support, one end of said band construction in detail, referring by numerals to i the accompanymg drawing forming a part of 40fthis application, in whichz- Fig. 1 is a front view ofV a garment made in the form of an abdominal support embodying my invention. g

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the main stay.

Fig. 3 is an edge view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.l

In carrying out my invention as -herein embodied, represents the body of an abdominal osupport which is in the general form of a short corset or like garment and 11 are series of tabs or short straps which are stitched to the body adjacent one of the front edges thereof and these tabs carry elongated metal loops 12 i'or the purpose hereinafter explained.

23 and runbackward from said loops and are Y and stretcher in order that the patient may be `V`13'rep`resents a stay formed from 'a single piece ofV wire so bent as to'vproduce'the hooks 14 and to give to the stay a soft spring flexibility. This stay13 is secured rto the front` edge of the -body opposite the loops 12,'bybeing stitched' between 0.0. the layers ofthe fabric of 'thegarment the'vhooks standing out fromf theV outerl surface of the garment as clearly 4shown inFig. 5. "15 represents theprimary support ofthe garment 4for compressingV and supporting the 35.1 abdomen of the person wearing the garment, and this support is an independent piece not being stitched to the body of the garment, one edge thereof having the ends of the equalizing straps 16 stitched thereto as indicated at 17 and these 70 equalizing straps are threaded through the elongated loops 12 and also through the elongated loops 18, the` latter being attached to certain of the ends of the adjusting straps 19.

' 20 represents the detachable equalizing straps, 'l54 the ends of which are stitched to the opposite edge of the support as indicated at'21 and these equalizing straps are threaded through the elongated eyes22, which latter are adapted to engage and coact with thehooks 14 after the manner of the ordinary hook and eye. 'I'hese equalizing straps are also threaded through the elongated loops 23. Each of the adjusting straps are passed through the elongated loops folded Vupon themselves, the free ends of the adjusting straps having attached thereto the grip buckles 24.

By the arrangement just described, it will be seen that the abdominal support section 15 may be detached from one of' the front edges of thev body by disengaging the elongated eyes 22 from the hooks 14 and thus permitting the entire garment to be spread open and fiat upon abed rolled' or otherwise moved on to the body of the garment; and after this has been accomplished, the support 15 is drawn across that portion of the body ofthe patient which is to be supported, the elongated eyes 22 being re-en- 1.00

. gaged with the hooks 14 so that by unfastening the grip buckles 24 and drawing them in the direction of the arrow adjacent thereto the front edges of the body of the garment will be `drawn toward each other at a ratio approximately three to one to the movement of said buckles, thus multiplying the pull upon the edges of the garment approximately three to one relative to the pull upon the buckles, thusrequiring but little exertion on the part of the manipulator to `1l() bind the section I5 tightly upon the part of the body of the patient to be confined and supported.

represents a secondary support one end of which is stitched as at 26 to one edge of the body 10, while the other end has attached thereto the elongated eyes 27, said eyes being adapted to engage with the hooks 28 of the secondary stay 29, said secondary stay being the same in al1 respects as the stay 13. This support 25 is elactic'in order that it may follow the movements of the front edges of the body 10 when these edges are drawn together or loosened and this support is intended to confine and compress the hips of the wearer, and being elastic permits that portion of the garment to which it is attached to follow the movements of the.

wearer. l A Y l In practice, I have found that a garment made in accordance .with my improvements greatly facilitates the treatment of persons. needing such confinement and support asis above set forth and givesgreat comfort to the patient avoiding all buckles, lacings or obstructions in the body portion 15 of the garment upon which the pa,- tient must lie during certain stages of treatment.

.Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claim without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is:-

In a garment of the character described, a body and abdominal support, elongated loops attached to one of the front edges of the body, a pair of equalizing straps, each strap having both of its ends stitched in spaced relation to one edge of the support and passing-through said elongated loops, another pair of equalizing straps having both ends of each strap stitched Vin spaced relation to the opposite edge of the tive strap in such lmanner that reach strap may` be drawn Ybackward upon itself to draw each equalizing vstrap connectedwith one edge of the body toward each of the other equalizing straps connected with the other'edgeof the body.

GERTRUDE VGUENTHLR.

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